The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-20
NUMBER 60.

ness done by the stores, would think IL
between seven and eight hundred. They
have a good school building and good
school about nine months in the year.
THE INDUCEMENTS.
The question is often asked what in
duces people TO go into the woods, en-
dure all sorts Of hardships, be eaten up
by mosquitoes and deprived Of home COM
forts. To such will say that there is no
place ON earth where you can go into the
woods and make a competence quicker
and therefore easier than in Florida. Ii
! only requires pluck and perseverance;
If you expect 10 succeed without both,
anywhere, you had better give il up, il
is hopeless task, but at Ormond the
home comforts are at your elbow, some
one has already done the pioneer work
and the land is cleared if you wish il
SO, If not the strong arms are there to do
II for you at "A minimum cost. The mos
quitoes are bug-a-boo, more scare than
hurt, of course there are some, and at
certain seasons pretty bad, but no worse
than have s,en them i'm Connecticut,
right where some of these settlers came
from.
Then as To the inducements let me ask
where can the poor man by investing a
thousand dollars, in five years by hard
work, gain an income of from five hun
dred To fifteen hundred "a year, and IL
he, likesome of the lucky ones, happened
To be here years ago % get the choice
pieces. the fat of the land. he is comfort
ably well off, not to say wealthy.
If man has money LET him invest his
thousands without fear, and the more
he puts out in advancing his place, the
quicker his returns and you may be sure
the dividends will be generous in the ex-
treme.
Mr.. Editor, believe In the orange
business because do not know of any
failures where success was deserved. /
mean by this that success follows per-
sistent effort generally, even IL the bust
ness be poor one. In this case success
has crowned in some instances the most
bungling effort and all told, regarding
the magnitude of the business, In the
orange business there have been the few
est failures. But | must close, yet IL you
will bear with me a little longer must
give you few other points.
NEW HOTEL.
II is rumored here that hotel IL TO
be built across the river just opposite
this place on the peninsula. IL is TO be
iirst-class in all respects with ample ac-
commodations.
This hotel is TO be connected with Or
mond by "A bridge, a rail track is TO be
laid on it and small ears drawn by horses
Irregular street cars) will carry passen-
gers to and fro. The track will connect
with the st. Johns and Halifax Railroad
and passengers leaving the Putnam
House can find themselves comfortably
palace hotel overlooking the ocean and
the river in two hours and a half. Or
mond lays claim to being the home Of
Mr.. L. j. White president, of the rail
road. He has purchased large lot
fronting the river and ! learn he will
make extensive improvements shortly.
This railroad has been running into
vi ~ lew yet
ming is as smooth as many old roads, its
depots show that "A man of business il at
the helm and l predict an immense bus
iness as well as heavy travel the com
ing season.
i cannot close without acknowledging
the kindly courtesies Of Mr.. Treadwell,
the gentlemaniy station agent, Mr.. Muir
ray, who keeps one Of NE stores aforemen-
toned and Mr.. James CARMEL who is large
ly interested in Ormond, has charge Of
many groves and, by his systematic plan,
makes them pay.
He told me of and gave me a glimpse
of groves that in four to five years from
the planting were paying from four 20 Z
five hundred dollars per aere-and as
they increase in product for several years
it strikes me as a good thing.
"RASGER."